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Re: OT - The truth is out there.

Brian Morrison wrote:
> English and proud of it wrote:
>>> "Brian Morrison" <bdm@fenrir.org.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:20091101185450.0caf9fcd@peterson.fenrir.org.uk...
>>> On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:53:26 -0000
>>> "English and proud of it" <english@uk.radio.amateur> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I read in the newspaper recently about a Polish guy who went to buy an
>>>> £8000
>>>> car from a dealer. When asked how he was going to pay, the Pole
produced a
>>>> "pink cheque". The dealer asked how this worked, and the Pole
told him to
>>>> ring a particular phone number which turned out to be a department of
the
>>>> DHSS. The person who the dealer spoke to authorised the cheque to go
>>>> through.
>>>> On the other side of the coin, a British self-employed chap who was on
the
>>>> dole because his work van was irrepairable, asked the DHSS if they
could
>>>> grant him a loan of £2000 to buy an second-hand van to enable him
to get
>>>> back to work - the reply?  NO DEAL!
>>>> It absolutely stinks, doesn't it?
>>> So exactly where did the money backing this "pink cheque" come
from?
>>> Perhaps the Polish bloke actually had the money, but didn't have a bank
>>> account to pay it from? While I'm not too impressed with the events
>>> described I'd have to be convinced that it's not above board before
>>> condemning it.
>> The "pink cheque" system money was from the DHSS, undoubtedly
originating
>> from British taxpayers.
>> It appears the DHSS have been instructed by the "powers that be" to
provide
>> whatever financial help Polish and other Eastern European immigrants require
>> to become established in this country.
>
> While that is possible, you have presented no definitive evidence.
>
> If you turn up with a building society cheque then someone else has
> written the cheque and is paying the money, but you had to put it in the
> building society account first.
>
> I've never heard of a "pink cheque" before, so I'm naturally a bit
> sceptical.
>

Google's never heard of a pink cheque either.

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